Collection
The exhibits of this museum reflect all the history of routes starting since
the 19th century till recent times. In this collection visitors may see
models of road construction plans, tools for road building, repairing and
cleaning, special cars and carriages for road building, road marks, road
signs, maps, photographs, books, magazines, and other literature in
Lithuanian and foreign languages about road construction and maintenance.

Exposition
Models of viaducts, overpasses, intersections, bus stations, industrial
structures and other buildings are exposed. In addition, old-fashioned tools
for road building and maintenance, staff cars, carriages, and road signs are
exhibited. Visitors may get acquainted with well-known past and present-day
road constructors and engineers and their works. One of the most unique
exhibits is the hundred-year-old book entitled ‘Irankis pagerinimui ir
taisymui shoseju ir paprastu keliu’ (‘A tool for the improvement and
maintenance of highways and byways’) printed in Tilze, Konigsberg.
Interesting data about the development of roads in Lithuania is provided in
the museum showcases starting from the ancient ‘Amber road’, to the ‘Samogitian
highway’ and present-day major roads and highways such as
‘Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipeda’, ‘Vilnius–Panevezys’, ‘Via Baltica’ and others.
Pre- and post-war road construction equipment is exposed in the original
metal pavilion, along with exhibitions providing a large variety of samples
from many countries of building materials, as well as rocks, minerals and
crystals. A hunting and ecology section in the pavilion is small but
well-attended and appealing to visitors.

Other
news
The Museum was opened to visitors on 19th October 1995. The founder and
manager of the museum is Juozas Steponavičius. He is a vetran road engineer
and very attentive and enthusiastic supervisor of the museum.

Photo: Indrė Adomavičiūtė-Grigonienė

Information have been assembled from
the Internet web sight of “The Lithuanian Automobile Directory of the
Ministry of Transportation”
http://www.Ira.lt